Could you live on £25 per week for a family?

[crookedspire 10]

A lady claims she can live on £25 a week on food and freezes most what she buys which is already reduced. So their £25 on the table thats your allowance for the week could you do it and how would you do it?

[tinfoilhat 11]

A lady claims she can live on £25 a week on food and freezes most what she buys which is already reduced. So their £25 on the table thats your allowance for the week could you do it and how would you do it?

 

I could but it wouldn't be fun and no doubt involve eating lots of porridge.

[Daven 10]

£25 for a family of how many or £25 for one person ?

Your post isn't clear .

[crookedspire 10]

The drift from the article was one lady and her daughter nothing mentioned about a husband. For the sake of argument we say three people . Husband, wife and child.

[MAC33 10]

I live on 90 dollars per week including groceries and cat food.

 

I feed the cat John West tinned salmon and cat biscuits washed down with expensive Pureau water. My cat is 13 and fit! Cat costs me around 15 dollars per week which leaves me with 75 for myself.

 

I eat home made veggie soup,fruit,nuts,bread,honey and i drink tea from the Pureau water,which cost 9 dollars for a 10 litre container.

 

Secret is to buy from the cheapest shop.

[tzijlstra 11]

I spend more than that on wine, so no

[mary70 10]

I would say you could do it especially if you bought to offer veg from such as lidl and cheaper meat cuts and such as beans and cheap bread wouldn't be an exiting prospect but could be done

[RonJeremy 10]

Rather than not eat - yes I could. But it wouldn't be a lifestyle to which I would aspire.

I'd get a job that paid a little more and keep working till my standard of living was higher.

[apelike 10]

As a single person I can live on around £10 per week on food so its possible.

[Lex Luthor 10]

I'd get a job that paid a little more and keep working till my standard of living was higher.

 

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[Cyclone 10]

I spend more than that on wine, so no

 

Lol, and I probably spend more than that on lunches.

I expect I could survive, but that's not the same as living.

[Lex Luthor 10]

Lol, and I probably spend more than that on lunches.

I expect I could survive, but that's not the same as living.

 

And he pays much more than that on one breakfast.

 

Sorry, I meant 'we'.

 

The title is misleading as £25 a week for food is far from living on £25 a week, as it doesn't include bills, rent, etc.

 

I'm sure it can be done. I've seen programmes where even working families have less than that to spend on food for a week. On a regular basis, it is usually very detrimental to general health, oral health, etc. It's more 'existing' than 'living' isn't it?

Edited April 19, 2016 by Lex Luthor